President and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Esther George
- Says she is not interested in seeing the economy slow down
- She believes Fed needs to slowly but surely make progress in raising rates
- Says she does not want Fed to get behind on raising rates and have to raise them quickly
- Fed will continue to debate on the timing of a rate hike
Headlines via Reuters
More:
- Fed discussions are apolitical, do not talk about how elections will turn out
- Insulation from short-term political pressures allows Fed to make hard decisons
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- George is a 'hawk'
- A 2016 voter
- Dissented from the FOMC September interest rate hold decision (George is quite a regular dissenter, she has made it clear, many times, she would like to hike rates sooner rather than later)